Connecter for garment bands



Aug. 16 1927.

J. A. HAINES CONNECTER FOR GARMENT BANDS Y Filed Feb.. 25. 1927 F/GJ.

Armen-'Va l Patented Aug, IE6, 1927.

, )UNITED STA/Tes .PATENT ori-"ice, y

:rosnrn A. Haumann rmminutenIn,'yrnrnasynviiixuaI assicrnon,l BY MEsNn AssIeNMnNTsno rnrnnBnneER-AARON MANUrAcTumNG COMPANY, or PHILADEL- PHIA,.PENNSYLVANIA, Av CORPORATION@'.rENNsYLVeNIA. i

CONNECTER FOB GARMENTy BAQNDSQ- Appiication mea February 25, iee'rfseriai 110,170,788;

VThe object of my inventionis to provide l new and4 useful adjustable'connectery for the ends of flexible bands, and more particularly knee and waist lbands intended and adapted for in'sertioninto the circumferentially extending pocket formed around the legor waist portionvof a bloomei` or other article Aof wearing apparel. .This annular poclretfmay be, and usually 1s, formed by 1oy folding the circular marginal part'of the fabric down upon itself vand stitching the edge of this marginal part to the body.'4 An elastic band may be inserted under the folded section before stitching, or it may be inserted, after stitching, I through an orifice in the folded section. The lengthof the band when not under tension is substantially V*less than the normal length of the circumferential pocket Vin the garment, so' that,

after insertion-of the elastic band, the material of the annular part of the :garment enclosing theband contracts to 'form a seriesoffolds or pucliers'extending. transversely ofvthe'circumference. Thispart of the garment is therefore readily expansible circum- Iferentially, which operation occurs inputting on the garment. After thefgarmentv is donnedandafter the elongating pull has.

-been v-released,f'the elastic lband shortens to the elastic 'band may' be conveniently inthe extent required to embrace the waist 0r leg, as the 'case' may be, of the wearer.

It is desirable vto provide means whereby Y serted into the annular pocket and the ends then united. The introduction of theband has been 'effected heretofore by means of a bodkin and the opposite ends of' the band f have been provided with mutually engage-V able clasps, which are .secured together after the band has been inserted.

My invention contemplates the vuse of single connecter which may be attachedto one end ofthe band and be engageable with "the other end ofthe-band, or whichv is entirely separate from the band 'and is engage-t fable ywith both ends *ofthe band, the latter construction being preferable. One ofthe principal 'features of the invention, however,

is-the'provisionof a connecterso 'construct-y ed that one end or both ends (preferably both ends) of the band is, or are, adjustable relatively to the connecter, so that, either before orafter the band is applied to the gar-j ment, the circumferential length of the band of connecter.-

may be adjusted to jgive the precise tension with which it is desired that the band shall embrace the waistvor leg. i Y

kPreferred embodiments of the invention are shownin the accompanying drawings, in

Fig. l is a plan view of one form of connecter.V 4 f Y Fig. 2 is a plan view of another'form if connecter. y' g p i Fig. 3 is aperspective view of the connecter lof Fig. lv engaged with the ends ofy a band.

`The preferredconstruction shown in Figs. 1, 3 and 5, comprises a connecter in ,the vform of a plate 0L,y which may befiat, but prefer- .ably'is curved, in the direction of its length,

`on arather longk radius, and which is pro-IV vided withtwo pairs of orifices. Each pairv -ofroriiices comprises yatransverse slot (or 55)' andrai longitudinally extending slot cl (or 0'),` The twoslots b and b are located relativelynear opposite ends of the plate.

The two slots c and c are more distant froml they respective ends and are relatively close toeach other. Each .slotc or c tapers in width toward its companion slot b or b.

One end of the elastic band d is engageable with theconnecter a by passing such end successivelyv through slot brand slot c, the. band-"wedging-itself into the narrow end of slot cland being thereby more securely held from slipping." The otherend of the-band -issimilarly engageable withv slot'sb"v and c.

Either or both ends vof the band are `adju'stable'relatively to the connecter `so that the `band inayibefgiven', when not underv tension, any exact circumferential length desired.l y

It is preferred to elongate one end a" of the plate a and` shape it like the frlo'it, end 'tif a bfjdkin, sd that it may perfr'itt 'die funcff tion of a bodkin in the insertion of the band through the hole of the annular pocket 7/ of a garment e, as shown in 45.

In Figs. 2 and li, the lconnecter c is provided with a bodlin .end e', but is provided one end of' the band, as shown in Fig. 4r, so

as to confine that end of the band securely between the body ol the plate and the ears.

This mode of securing the connecter to onel end of the band does not permit of ready f adjustment of that end of the band with relation to the connecter, but such adjustment is not required, inasmuch as all the needed adjustment may be secured at the other end off the band.

ln Fig. 6, the connecter g is provided with two laterally extending orifices b2, b2, located near opposite ends of the connecter and a single intermediate longitudinally extending orifice c2 having opposite ends wedge-shaped. rlheconstruction is the same as rthat ot' Fig. l except that a single orifice 02 is substituted for the two orifices and c.

The threev embodiments of my invention shown and described 4herein are illustrative merely, and other modiiications may be made without departing 'from fthe invention, `the essential features of which vare recited in ithe claims.

Having now fully described lmy invention,

i what I claim and desire to vprotect by Letters `Patent is:

1. A Vconnecter for securingV together the endsof an elastic band, the same comprising a vmetal plate provided near opposite ends with laterally extending orifices through which opposite ends'of the band are adapted to be passed, the metal olitheplate being f cut away between said lateral orilices to a'llow opposite ends of the band to be passed through the plate and to afford edges taper ing'toward each lateral orifice and adapted to bind the band between them and secure it against accidental `disengagement from the holder.

2. A connecter for securing together the ends of an elastic band,:the same comprising a'p'late provided with an orifice of .substantially greater length than width and whose lengthwise .extension is lateral of the plate and another orifice of substantially greater length than width and whose lengthwise ex; tension is longitudinal of the plate,one end Ikof theband being adaptedtobe successively "passed through said orifices, `the longitudiorifice-,and .a 4longitudinally extending oriice, through which orilices one end ot' the band is adapted to be successively passed, the end of the plate beyond the laterally extending orifice gradually contracting in width toward its end rto enable it to perform the function of a bodlin.

fl. A connecter `for securing togetherthe ends of an elastic band, the sa'me comprising a plate provided with an orificeof substantially greater length than width and whose lengthwise extension is lateral of the plate and another orilice` of substantially greater length than width and whose lengthwise extension is longitudinal ofthe pil-ate, onefend of the band being adapted to be successively passed'through saidforificels, the llongitudinally extending' `orifice tape-ring'in width'toward ythe end thereof nearest the lateral oriiice to form a single band-securing crotch, the end oi the plate beyond the laterally vextending orifice tapering in width toward its end to enable it 4to perform the Vfunction of a bodlrin, yand meansto secure the .other end ot the band to the plate. y Y

A connecter -tor .securing together the e-nds of an elastic band, the samecoinprising a Vplate provided with :anorific-e of substantially greater lengthfthan width and whose lengthwise extension is lateral oftheplate and lanother orifice of substantially greater length than width and whose lengthwise ,extension is longitudinallot the plate, one

end-oi the bandfbeing adapted-to'be'successively 4passedt-hrough said oriiices,'the longitudinally extendingy orifice tapering in Width Vtoward the end thereotl nearest 'the lateral orifice to vform a single band-,securing crotch,

'the end of the lplate 'beyondthe later-ally extending orifice tapering in width -towardits end to enable-it to performthefunction of a bodfkin, andy means to secure/the other-end of the `band' to the plate, said means comprising another pair 'of orifices similar in shape and arrangement to thoseprovided for engagement with th'effir'st named `end' ofthe band.

-In ,testimony ,of which invention, I -liave hereunto rset my hand, at ;Pliilade'lpliia, Pennsylvania, onthis 21st dayof February,

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